The now 110,000-square-foot store, located at 4672 State St. in Green Acres Plaza, opened at 8 a.m. Wednesday. The first 400 shoppers received $10 Kroger gift cards and free reusable shopping bags, according to a Kroger news release.

Changes to the store include new hot and cold meal selections in the deli, new products in the expanded bakery, meat and seafood departments, a greater variety of baby items and more.

Condominium residents in downtown Bay City have successfully obtained a court order prohibiting a bar located in their building from playing music, at least temporarily.

Following a hearing held Thursday, Dec. 14, before Bay County Circuit Judge Joseph K. Sheeran, attorneys representing the Shearer Building Condominium Owner's Association and Harless + Hugh Public House came to two temporary agreements in their negotiations.

First, the bar "shall not play, broadcast, amplify or in any manner allow music on the premises of its Condominium Units." In addition, the bar's owner, Lyndsay Edmonds, is ordered to disconnect and remove the subwoofer and speakers from the establishment.

As darkness sets in and their red warning lights flash, wind turbines spin on farmland near Wisner Road, south of Breckenridge in northeast Gratiot County's Emerson Township on June 1, 2017.

Jeff Schrier | MLive.com file

NextEra Energy eyes Tuscola County for fourth Michigan wind farm

NextEra Energy Resources is seeking to build a wind farm in Tuscola County's Juniata and Fairgrove townships. If approved, it would be the wind energy developer's third such project in Tuscola County and its fourth in the state.

"This project is a 156-megawatt wind energy center that features 63 GE turbines. We're proposing 31 of those turbines for Juniata Township and 32 for Fairgrove Township," said Bryan Garner, manager of communications for Florida-based NextEra Energy Resources.